[Asterisk-Users] stupid trick of the day (fried polycom)

[Bruce Reeves]

On a side note, I used a 601 adapter on a 501 and the unit failed to power
up. Once I realized the diffence in amps of each power supply I swaped them
and the 501 was fine. It would be nice if the adapters had some distinction
between them.

On 4/30/06, Wilson Pickett <spamsucks2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/29/06, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com> wrote:
> > asterisk at txpe.net wrote:
> > > I've been playing around with a new system I'm going to install in
> > > another office.  In setting up the Polycom's, I accidently used a new
> > > power supply from a new 601 (24VDC) with an 600.  The 600 only require
> > > 12VDC.  Now, I get nothing on the screen of the 600 when I plug in 12
> > > VDC.  (At the time, I didn't even realize the power supplies were
> > > supplying different voltages.)
> >
> > Yes, this is one of my peeves with the 601... they changed power supply
> > voltages without changing connector styles, leading to this being a very
> > easy mistake to make.
>
> At the least a HUGE RED sticker covering the socket warning about this
> would a good idea. Incredible that this happened.
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Bruce
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